To Live and To Learn
THURSDAY, YOM KIPPUR:
Each time the Rebbe stood up from his chair everyone stood up too.
During the break between Musaf and Mincha when everyone left the Friediker Rebbe’ s room, one of the
Bochurim realized that the Rebbe was entering the room. The Rebbe stood in the place where he Davened covered his face, and started to read Panim.
Rabbi M. Piekarski who was also in the room said that after some time the Rebbe opened up the sacks of letters and took some out to read.
He then put them back and broke into tears. This process went on for the whole break. The Rebbe then went to his room and Davened Mincha with a small Minyan.
TUESDAY NIGHT, EVE OF SIMCHAS TORAH:
Reb Menachem Zev Greenglass related that before the Hakofos on Simchas Torah, the Rebbe called over the Hanhala of Tomchei Tmimim, Montreal( of whom he was one). The Rebbe spoke to them about the situation in
Yeshiva. He instructed them to send a report every two weeks. The Rebbe asked who was willing to volunteer to do this. No one replied!
At that moment Rabbi Greenglass wondered how he would address the Rebbe in the report if he volunteered to accept the duty. Concurrently with that thought the Rebbe said that the problem of how to address the report shouldn’ t
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